ABSTRACT
This chapter concerns some of the same underlying topics including connections that cross national boundaries, and how these connections work through flows of communication and meanings between sites. The field staffs are called 'missionaries' and, as will become evident through the rest of the chapter, the missionary is both an important and a contested figure in NMS. The chapter examines the various meanings that are attached to the idea of 'the missionary' in different parts of NMS in other words, how people who are differently 'sited' within the organization relate to the organization's field staff, namely the missionaries. NMS is an international Christian mission and development non-governmental organization (NGO) based in Norway, with field operations in twelve countries in South America, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. The organization has been active since 1842, and its work entails supporting local churches and funding development projects related mainly to education, health and agriculture.
